Frost makes call for evidence-based policy

EUROMAT held its Executive Committee meeting at the ENADA Show in Rome on the18 th of October. The meeting was part of Jason Frost’s campaign to bring the associationcloser to its members. As part of the meeting, EUROMAT members were updated onregulatory developments in Italy where the number of AWPs are set to be drasticallyslashed based on a risk assessment which makes no distinction between high and lowstake gambling. Commenting on the developments, Frost said:

“Developments in Italy underline how important evidence based policy is. The AWPmarket is set for another hit in Italy but this does not seem to be based on a serious riskassessment.“Ultimately regulators and our members want the same thing: a regulated market thatprotects players and encourages responsible businesses. We all need to get round thetable together and focus on finding balanced regulatory approaches which give our sectorsome certainty”.

EUROMAT plans to move its next Executive Committee meeting to London (5th ofFebruary 2018) where a networking reception for the great and the good of the industrywill be organised at the iconic Hippodrome Casino in London’s Leicester Square.

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